Patience and Timing

A flock of peacocks live here in Harbor Hills, where I am visiting my husband’s brother and sister-in-law. Cindy and I wanted to get some photos. One day they were out, but neither of us had our cameras with us. One day we both had our cameras, but it was very foggy, so lighting […]

If I Were Brave

What would I do if I knew that I could not failIf I believed would the wind always fill up my sailHow far would I go, what could I achieve… Trusting the hero in me If I Were Brave, words and music by Jana Stanfield and Jimmy Scott Amazing sunset view seen while […]

Pain

In that half-asleep, half-awake state, I had the image of the word pain as a call to Place Attention Inside Now.  A few moments later, arising for the day, I was sitting in silence with my journal on my lap (as is my morning schedule). I opened a daily inspirational book (Mark Nepo, […]

Hold Me Instead

Understanding our feelings is a lot like trying to change the diaper of a wiggling toddler. As soon as you think you have a leg up on it, something unexpected erupts. I have appreciated some of the writings about all this that have come into my awareness of late. On December 4, 1993, […]

A Small Piece of the Beginning

I am in South Florida. I was reading in The Book of Awakening by Mark Nepo and noticing how, more and more now, life is presenting me with opportunity to “walk my talk.”  [E]verything, including you and me, is connected by a small piece of the beginning. The past few days have been […]

Avoiding Conflict

A friend of mine recently used the term “skirmish” to refer to a bit of a tiff she had experienced with a close friend. I was still thinking about that when I was catching up with a few days reading in a book by Mark Nepo (The Book of Awakening: Having the Life […]

Hidden Gifts

New Smyrna Beach, Florida, December 28, 2011 I am once again brushing up against a profound spiritual truth about the gifts hidden within adversity, pain and apparent loss. If a powerful soul lesson could fit neatly into the lyrics of just one song, it would probably have to be Country Western! This truth […]

Deep Gratitude!

We could hold my husband responsible for the rest of the storythat is the basis for this blog entry, because he is the one who bought a go kart for the kids when our grandson, Adam, was only about four, but the truth is Adam was born loving to drive. As a toddler, he would […]

It’s Christmas, All Over the World

In many places around the planet, 25 December is celebrated as Christmas, a “remembrance” of the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem. For many years, this was a very significant day of the year for me personally, and religiously, but what might it mean to those who are not Christian? Long before Christianity, people recognized the […]

We’re Going Home, Toto…

It popped into my head that you can think about Wizard of Oz as an energy metaphor: you must follow the yellow brick road to get to the Emerald City. Ruby red slippers….  There’s no place like home….

This is my daughter’s cubical at work. She won a prize! The more you think about it, […]